I have shot bullseye with 38 & 45 for over thirty years... shot scores as high as 298 18x. (300 20x perfect) Shot Hi Master averages for a few seasons. Was ranked top 25 my state and something like 107/9 in the country one year... NEVER KNEW the es/sd of my load.Ya,,,dont mean much,,but it is a clue that something is cooking well.the 327 has never shot below 30-40 es,,over a 100 lots of times,but that gun is keenly accurate.
I haven’t hit the chronograph itself, yet, but I did hit one of the steel rods that hold the sky screens. 44 magnum turned the rod into a pretzel and the chrony disappeared really fast! It still works…Back when I had access to a couple of chronographs, I learned a lot from those tools.
However, as much as I liked having that data, it wasn't enough for me to go buy one for myself.
I also learned (vicariously) that there are two types of people with chronographs:
Those who have shot their chronograph
And ......those who are going to shoot their chronograph.
I shoot on my own land,,have all the time in the world.I haven’t hit the chronograph itself, yet, but I did hit one of the steel rods that hold the sky screens. 44 magnum turned the rod into a pretzel and the chrony disappeared really fast! It still works…
I like using mone because it slows me down. Private range, very calm and peaceful, hate to rush myself out of there (when the weather is nice) so getting chrony readings keeps me there longer.